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Castle: Alarcon
Location: Alarcon
Country: Spain
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| Scott Whipple, from Arizona, USA, wrote: |
| Alarcon is a medieval town spectacularly located on
200-foot high cliffs surrounded by an impossibly narrow gooseneck of the
Rio Jucar in central Spain, La Mancha province. I cannot emphasize
enough how dramatically situated the town is. The castle itself is
an 8th-century Moorish fortress situated at the narrowest point of the
land, surrounded by ancient but well-preserved crenellated walls,
completely dominating the town. The castle has been converted into
a parador, with just 13 guest rooms, all in the tower. We stayed
in a room that seemed like a cave, with 6 foot thick stone walls and a
single window at the end of a tunnel through which bowmen once shot
arrows. The parador serves meals in a Great Hall with a 45 foot
ceilings decorated with armor, medieval weapons, and moody paintings. In a country full of
wonderful castles, Alarcon stands out as one of the finest. It's
small but very authentic. The town itself is also worth a visit. |
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